Waylon Schweinebart, 4, has completed the 1,000 Books Before Kindergarten program at the Newton Public Library.

Knights of Columbus present $1,000 to Rita Baker, executive director of Pregnancy Center of Central Iowa in Newton.

Congregational United Church of Christ, Newton has administered the Seminary Scholarship Fund since its inception awarding ...

Disagreements over the approval of Newton’s 2025-2026 school year calendar — which narrowly passed in a 4-3 vote — largely ...

PELLA — Alex Garvis scored in double digits for the second time this season, but the Newton girls basketball team fell behind ...

PCM stayed unbeaten against the Thunder since 2018, made nine 3s and swiped 14 steals in the HOIAC victory. Lindsay, Winters ...

Colfax-Mingo seniors Emma Cook, left, and Lily Webster qualified for their third girls state wrestling tournament after ...

Eli Dee put in 45 points and made all 16 of his free-throw attempts in the victory. Baxter won the second 22-8, and GMG ...

As a teacher who grew up in a small Southern town, I know the risks of giving parents veto power of kids’ education.

A 56-year-old semi-truck driver was arrested for allegedly shooting at another semi-truck driver in an apparent road rage ...

With Donald Trump’s inauguration as president, that recommendation from Musk’s and Ramaswamy’s “DOGE” project — a powerless advisory mill disguised as a “Department” of Government Efficiency — ...

Elected officials in Jasper County will be seeing a pay raise by the next fiscal year. Like in years past the board of ...